Lufthansa, Swiss and United Airlines are selling basic economy tickets from Los Angeles LAX to South Africa, Cape Town or Johannesburg, for as low as $532 round trip. These low fares are primarily February and March departures. Swiss Airlines has lowest fares with Lufthansa operated flights to South Africa about $10 to $25 more round…

Johannesburg, South Africa tickets are priced $532 to $570 from Newark EWR or New York JFK with Lufthansa and Swiss Airlines via Germany or Switzerland. These tickets are also sold through United Airlines. The catch is low fares require all day layovers in Frankfurt or Zurich on most flight itineraries I checked. An all-day layover…

Several Star Alliance airlines have Los Angeles to Moscow priced at $398 round trip for travel from January to May 2019. An interesting feature of this low fare is the potential for long overnight layovers in a variety of cities including Toronto, Zurich and Munich. SkyTeam has fares slightly higher in low $400s round trip…

Star Alliance airlines, mainly Swiss and Lufthansa, have Los Angeles LAX to Florence, Italy FLR on sale for $517 to $556 on many dates for departures January 8 to May 6, 2019. Google Flights show $499 on Swiss Airlines for many dates, but I found ticket prices were generally around $700 on Swiss, while Expedia,…

A good fare deal is happening for San Francisco or San Jose to Rome with lowest fares on Star Alliance, followed by Oneworld and SkyTeam for travel departures from February into mid-June. There are also discount fares to Naples and Sicily airports in low $500s. This deal is only available on very limited dates from…

There is a fare war happening from LAX between Star Alliance and SkyTeam with Star Alliance fares at $421 round trip for LAX to Venice, Italy (SkyTeam Alitalia country) and $409 LAX to Amsterdam (SkyTeam KLM country). Most dates offer lowest fares from late October through end of schedule March 2018, except December holiday season.…

Big sale from Boston to many cities across Spain and Portugal with all three alliances. SkyTeam member Air Europe has lowest fares, with nonstop flights to Madrid. Oneworld and Star Alliance have lowest fares to some cities. Lowest fares in the $390s and low $400s are for travel in May and from mid-August to February…

Star Alliance partners have San Francisco SFO to Copenhagen, Denmark CPH as low as $394 round trip on United.com and $405 on Swiss Airlines through their own websites for travel in April-May 2017. Fares drop again in August with low fare dates through January 2018. The price drops to $380 round trip for United tickets…